# Chris McCarron

> Christopher John McCarron is a retired American thoroughbred horse racing Hall of Fame jockey. He mounted his first horse ever at 16.5 years old and was racing professionally by 18. At only 19 years old Chris McCarron wove a spell that brought his mounts to the winner's circle 547 times in 1974, breaking all records for most races won in a year. The previous record was set by Sandy Hawley in 1973 with 515 wins in a year.

*American jockey*

**Canonical URL:** https://fame.am/person/chris-mccarron

## Identity
- **Profile type:** Athlete ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2066131))
- **Category:** Athletes
- **Country:** United States
- **Born:** 1955
- **Status:** living
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

Christopher John McCarron is a retired American thoroughbred horse racing Hall of Fame jockey. He mounted his first horse ever at 16.5 years old and was racing professionally by 18. At only 19 years old Chris McCarron wove a spell that brought his mounts to the winner's circle 547 times in 1974, breaking all records for most races won in a year. The previous record was set by Sandy Hawley in 1973 with 515 wins in a year.

## Fame
- **Fame score:** 46.0
- **Momentum:** 16.3

## Timeline
- **1995** - Best Jockey ESPY Award
- **1980** - Eclipse Award for Outstanding Jockey
- **1980** - George Woolf Memorial Jockey Award
- **1955** - Born

## Sources
- [Chris McCarron](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_McCarron)
- [クリス・マッキャロン](https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%AF%E3%83%AA%E3%82%B9%E3%83%BB%E3%83%9E%E3%83%83%E3%82%AD%E3%83%A3%E3%83%AD%E3%83%B3)
- [크리스 매캐런](https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%ED%81%AC%EB%A6%AC%EC%8A%A4_%EB%A7%A4%EC%BA%90%EB%9F%B0)
- [كريس مكارون](https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%83%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%B3_%D9%85%D9%83%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%88%D9%86)
- [کرس میک کارون](https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%A9%D8%B1%D8%B3_%D9%85%DB%8C%DA%A9_%DA%A9%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%88%D9%86)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5107386)

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